India, All india, 26th Sep 2019, News & Stories from India

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Police Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh, 44, and civilian Sumit Kumar, 20, were killed during the mob violence on December 3 last year. (Photo: screengrab)

Bulandshahr mob violence main culprit Bajrang Dal leader Yogesh Raj grants bail

The counsel for the state government opposed the bail, saying the applicant had committed a serious offence of sedition.

26 Sep 2019 2:11 PM

Addressing the media jointly with his Tamil Nadu counterpart, Vijayan said, “The Parambikulam-Aliyar agreement is 60 years old and we have decided to review it.'(Photo: File)

Kerala, Tamil Nadu agree to review 60-year-old Parambikulam-Aliyar water agreement

The decision was made in a meeting between Tamil Nadu chief minister E Edappadi K Palaniswami and Kerala CM Vijayan in Thiruvananthapuram.

26 Sep 2019 1:09 PM

'It is condemnable to attempt imposition of Sanskrit by making philosophy compulsory in the syllabus of Anna University's CEG campus,' Stalin said in a tweet. (Photo: File)

DMK, Left slam move to 'impose' sanskrit in Anna University; varsity clarifies

The varsity, for its part, said no course was compulsory and denied any attempt to "impose" Sanskrit.

26 Sep 2019 12:41 PM

A Constitution Bench, headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, reiterated the need to complete arguments by October 18 — the deadline set last week upon consent of both the Hindu and Muslim sides. (Photo: File)

'Not a day more,' says SC reminds Ayodhya parties of Oct 18 deadline

The bench then asked all parties to indicate a timeline yet again with the October 18 deadline in mind.

26 Sep 2019 12:28 PM

CBI searches were underway at the residence of former Bengaluru Police Commissioner Alok Kumar in connection with alleged phone tapping of politicians and bureaucrats during the tenure of the Congress-JD(S) government, officials said Thursday. (Photo: File)

CBI raids ex-Bengaluru top cop residence in Kumaraswamy phone tapping case

The central agency has taken over the investigation in the matter from cyber-crime wing of the Bengaluru Police.

26 Sep 2019 12:24 PM

The accused, Shubham Choudhary and Anjula Sharma, were reported to have revealed to the police that their intention was to grab eyeballs to announce their marriage. (Photo: AP | Representative)

Couple from Mathura set car ablaze, fire shots in the air to ‘announce their marriage’

Police officials said he had informed his mother, several media persons before setting car ablaze and firing shots from illegal firearm.

26 Sep 2019 12:22 PM

The government held a meeting on Tuesday and decided to write to the Kerala State Electricity Board and Kerala Water Authority to disconnect power and water supply to the apartments with immediate effect. (Representational Image)

Kerala: Power, water supply lines to Maradu apartments snapped

Amid heavy police presence, the power supply was disconnected around 5 am, while the water supply was stopped a few hours later.

26 Sep 2019 11:18 AM

School and colleges will remain shut in five Tehsils as death toll due to floods following heavy rains mounted to seven in Pune on Thursday. (Photo: ANI)

Death toll rises to 12 due to heavy rains in Pune; school, colleges to remain shut

Three teams of NDRF including one in Baramati and two others in city area have been deployed in the district of search and rescue operation.

26 Sep 2019 9:30 AM

Boman Kohinoor was the star of a social media campaign in 2016 when his dream came true. He met Prince William and his wife Kate during their week-long trip to India and Bhutan. (Photo: Screengrab)

British Royals' fan from Mumbai, owner of iconic restaurant, dies at 97

Boman Kohinoor's father opened Britannia & Co Restaurant in Mumbai in 1923 and Kohinoor worked there his whole life.

26 Sep 2019 9:25 AM

Amid reports of drones being used to drop weapons from across the border, a top Army commander on Wednesday said Indian armed forces are capable of identifying such devices and any military drone venturing towards Indian side from Pakistan will be "shot down". (Representational Image)

'Will shoot down military drones coming from Pak': Army Commander after weapons dropped in Punjab

The Punjab Police claimed to have busted a terror module of Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF), backed by a group based in Pakistan and Germany.

26 Sep 2019 8:59 AM

The chief minister claimed that only six people have died of the disease in the state so far this year, of which four were in Dehradun and two in Haldwani. (Photo: File)

Take 650 mg paracetamol instead of usual 500mg: U'khand CM to dengue patients

Rawat was on Wednesday reacting to claims that the mosquito-borne disease had become an epidemic in Uttarakhand this year.

26 Sep 2019 8:50 AM

Many lease-holders move out, flat owners stay put

The development comes even as the authorities gave notice for snapping electricity and water connections to the buildings by Friday.

26 Sep 2019 6:24 AM

The police seized a huge cache of arms, including 5 AK-47 rifles, satellite phones and grenades during the operation. (Photo: AP/Representational)

‘Pak drones made multiple sorties’

According to the police, the terror group was conspiring to unleash a series of terrorist strikes in Punjab and adjoining states.

26 Sep 2019 6:19 AM

Defence minister Rajnath Singh, in a tweet, said he spoke to Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa regarding the crash and also enquired about the condition of both the pilots. (Photo: PTI)

MiG-21 trainer aircraft crashes, pilot ejects safely

The aircraft was on a routine mission and was airborne from Air Force Station Gwalior. Aircraft crashed while on approach for landing.

26 Sep 2019 2:36 AM

Preliminary investigation by police suggested that superstition driven by evil practice of 'untouchability' might have led to the gory incident.

2 MP dalit kids lynched for defecating on road

The incident took place in the village of Bhavkhedi under Sirsoud police station in Shivpuri district.

26 Sep 2019 2:32 AM

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks as he hosts a special event commemorating the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi during the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday. (Photo: AP)

US pushes India for Pakistan talks

White House urges Modi to fulfil promise to better lives of Kashmiris.

26 Sep 2019 2:27 AM

Deve Gowda likely to press Cong for K’taka poll tieup

Sources in Congress said Mr Siddaramiah and his camp followers are determined to stop party leaders in Delhi from forging an alliance with JD(S).

26 Sep 2019 2:24 AM

The EC was responding to a story carried out by this paper in which former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan had raised serious concerns with regard to sanctity of EVMs due to use of VVPAT machines, saying VVPATs have made EVMs amenable to hacking.

Election Commission: EVMs error-free, scrutinised rigorously

It further said that so far not a single case of mismatch in EVMs and VVPATs has been found.

26 Sep 2019 2:18 AM

Union Minister Jitendra Singh (Photo: File)

Not proud? Not Indian, says Union Minister Jitendra Singh

Raja went on to add that President Trump’s “Father of India” comment was “hyperbole”, and mere “rhetoric” which should not be taken seriously.

26 Sep 2019 2:13 AM

A file photo of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav (Photo: PTI)

Turmoil in Bihar grand alliance

HAM leaders in Patna blamed Tejashwi Yadav for trying to break the grand alliance ahead of polls on the instructions of the BJP.

26 Sep 2019 2:06 AM

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